妹夫
mèi fu
Pinyin

Definition

妹夫
 - 
mèi fu
  1. younger sister's husband

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
功夫
gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
夫人
fū ren
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 Mrs.
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi]
夫妻
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
夫妇
fū fù
  1. 1 a (married) couple
  2. 2 husband and wife
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
妹妹
mèi mei
  1. 1 younger sister
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
妹子
mèi zi
  1. 1 (dialect) younger sister
  2. 2 girl
姐妹
jiě mèi
  1. 1 sisters
  2. 2 siblings
  3. 3 sister (school, city etc)
学妹
xué mèi
  1. 1 junior or younger female schoolmate
兄妹
xiōng mèi
  1. 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
堂妹
táng mèi
  1. 1 younger female patrilineal cousin
大夫
dà fū
  1. 1 senior official (in imperial China)
夫
fū
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 man
  3. 3 manual worker
  4. 4 conscripted laborer (old)
妹
mèi
  1. 1 younger sister
妹夫
mèi fu
  1. 1 younger sister's husband
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
姊妹
zǐ mèi
  1. 1 (older and younger) sisters
  2. 2 sister (school, city etc)
姐夫
jiě fu
  1. 1 (coll.) older sister's husband
姨夫
yí fu
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
小妹
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)

Idioms (10)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
国家兴亡，匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
天下兴亡，匹夫有责
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
相夫教子
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
  2. 2 the traditional roles of a good wife
赔了夫人又折兵
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
  1. 1 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

Sample Sentences

妹妹的老公，是妹夫。
mèimei de lǎogōng ，shì mèifu 。
Your younger sister's husband is "mei fu."
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